MINUTES, Board of Directors, November 2013
SADDLEBROOKE ROTARY CLUB
BOARD MEETING MINUTES
November 14, 2013
Members Present: Tom Turriff, Ina Mapes, Joe Dylewski, Neil Deppe, Joe McGowan, Steve McNeil, Ed Drager, Tom Simester, Jim Karp, Pepe Estrella, Tamara Hutto, Savo Fries, and Mark Miller
Members Absent: Roger Bogard and Steve Harsch
Guests: Jim Lamb and Jim Pfeiffer
Called to Order: 10:00 a.m. by Tom Turriff
President’s Report: Tom Turriff
- R.I. President Burton is asking the clubs to promote membership growth, enhance humanitarian service and strengthen our Network through Family of Rotary.
- Our club will submit for the Presidential Citation by March 31st.
- The District Conference will be April 25-27 at the Hilton East Tucson. Our exchange student is planning on attending.
- SBRCF is re-missioning itself; this will affect how the Club and Foundation interact.
- The loss of Foundation grant benefactors will be addressed by the Community Grants committee.
- There is a new dependence on The Rotary Foundation and District 5500 grant money. This issue will be addressed by the Rotary Grants committee.
- Attrition must be addressed. Additionally there are six members not current on dues.
- Jim Lamb will be the FFK chair.
- The club needs to dedicate itself to the use/awareness of the Basha’s card program.
- Steve McNeil moved and seconded by Savo Fries to commit $1870 in the current budget to the Nogales water project. In addition the international committee will attempt to reduce costs in their relationship-building efforts. Passed.
- The next Board meeting will be December 19.
Nominating Committee: Steve McNeil
- Steve McNeil moved and Joe McGowan seconded the motion to nominate Jim Lamb to the club as the next President-elect. Passed.
- The committee is responsible for nominating candidates for Treasurer, Secretary, President-Elect and Sgt at Arms.
Secretary: Joe Dylewski
- Joe handed out a sheet tracking members who have missed the last three meetings and currently are below 50% in attendance.
Treasurer’s Report: Mark Miller
- Mark is working with Steve McNeil to bring the budget up-to-date.
- We have submitted an $1870 matching grant application to the District for the Nogales water initiative.
Past President Report: Steve McNeil
- Nothing to report.
President-Elect Report: Vacant
- Nothing to report.
Rotary Foundation: Tom Simester
- Mark Miller is still collecting donations for his ride in the El Tour De Tucson.
Club Admin: Steve McNeil
- Nothing to Report.
Community Service: Ina Mapes
- The club will support Catalina Community Service’s (CCS) Thanksgiving baskets, a request is for Stove-Top dressing boxes, which will be collected next week.
- Ina said Coronado K-8 was very appreciative for our delivering of Spanish-English dictionaries.
- Ina is asking members to help support CCS’ Adopt-A-Family program for the holidays.
Membership: Joe McGowan
- Steve McNeil moved and Tom Turriff seconded the granting of a Leave of Absence to Sharon McKniff. Passed.
SB Foundation: Roger Bogard (Absent)
- Nothing to report
Director of Communications: Savo Fries
- Savo thanked the board for their inputs to the club calendar.
- Minutes, financials and by-laws all posted to website.
- New ClubRunner website will be operational in December. Savo will need any posting by 9:00 AM on Wednesday, to be on the website prior to Thursday’s meeting.
Family of Rotary: Vacant
- Nothing to Report.
Sergeant at Arms: Jim Karp
- Nothing to Report.
International: Pepe Estrella
- Pepe read a testimonial from the Nogales club expressing their appreciation for all the support our club president has given them for the school water project.
Programs: Neil Deppe
- Nothing to report.
Youth Services: Ed Drager
- RYLA applications are due to district by November 30th.
- Oracle school will participate in the 4-way speech contest on November 21st.
- The club will begin selling golf cart raffle tickets starting Nov 23 at Safeway and Basha’s on Nov 27.
Other Board Business: Board and Guests
- The Family of Rotary board position is currently vacant.
- Tom Turriff moved and seconded by Joe McGowan to authorize our Treasurer to move funds from the Bank of Tucson to a better money market account. Passed.
- Jim Pfeiffer will send a draft to the board members for review and edits regarding the issue of Honorary Membership standards and guidelines.
Adjourned: 11:28 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Joseph F. Dylewski
Secretary
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